State of the art hyper-optimized video management platform designed for ease, speed and efficiency, servers powered by dw spectrum ipvms, up to 128 2.1mp cameras 1080p true hd resolution (16 pages)
Summary of Contents for Digital Watchdog Blackjack Cube
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Quick Start Guide State of the art hyper-optimized video management platform designed for ease, speed and efficiency. Blackjack® Cube™ — Up to 80Mbps (Cube-LX) and 360Mbps (Cube) throughput Blackjack® Cube™-LX DW-BJCUBE2T-LX DW-BJCUBE4T-LX DW-BJCUBE6T-LX DW-BJCUBE9T-LX DW-BJCUBE12T-LX DW-BJCUBE18T-LX Blackjack® Cube™ DW-BJCUBE3T DW-BJCUBE4T DW-BJCUBE6T DW-BJCUBE9T DW-BJCUBE12T...
BLACKJACK® CUBE™ HARDWARE HDD LED Power button / Power LED 5.25" bay Front Back USB 2.0 port Microphone jack Headphone jack USB 2.0 port AC power socket Kensington lock DVI-I output HDMI HD output USB 3.0 ports Microphone jack Line-Out jack Line-In jack WAN and USB 2.0 ports (On-board LAN –...
3. Turn on the server if the server does not turn on automatically. (Press the Power Button on the front of the P-RACK. F2 on the diagram). * Connecting the power cable to the live power source may turn on the serverautomatically Quick Start Guide SETTING UP THE E-RACK STEP 1:...
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Linux® 1. Open Settings 2. Click Details 3. Click Date &Time 4. Turn OFF Automatic Date & Time and Automatic Time Zone 5. Click Date & Time and set correct date and time...
Quick Start Guide 6. Click Time Zone and set to correct Time zone. (type one of the largest cities in the time zone) 7. Close Settings. STEP 3: Configure network Please have the following information ready before starting the network configuration. Camera network Local network (LAN) IP address...
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4. Select “Use the following IP address” (Use the following DNS server addresses will be selected automatically). 5. Enter the IP address and Subnet mask of the camera network. (Do not enter anything for the default gateway, preferred DNS server and alternate DNS server. NOTE It must be the same network as the cameras and must not be the same network as the local network.
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Desktop NOTE The Blackjack Cube’s network settings are set to DHCP as default. 2. Select ‘Wired’ that has arrows pointing up and down from the list (If neither of the “wired” are showing arrows up and downs, then make...
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3. Click Setting of the Ethernet that is Connected 4. Change to Manual then enter Address, Netmask , Gateway. * Do not enter Gateway information if there is no Gateway in this network 5. Click Apply to save 6. Restart the connection by switching OFF then turn ON. 7.
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7. Enter IP Address then press Tab on the keyboard to move to Netmask. 7. Enter IP Address then press Tab on the keyboard to move to Netmask. Quick Start Guide 7. Enter IP Address then press Tab on the keyboard to move to Netmask. 7.
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Refer to the camera’s QSG to configure any DW® IP camera’s IP address using DW® IP finder™. Configure Cameras using DW IP Finder Refer to the camera’s QSG to configure Digital Watchdog camera’s IP address using DW IP finder. DW Spectrum® IPVMS client...
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Quick Start Guide 3. Enter the password and click connect. Default password: admin12345 (case sensitive). STEP 2: To rename the server Right-click on the server name listed on the resources then click server settings. 2. Go to the general tab and enter the new server name in the name field. Click OK.
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STEP 3: To check for updates Click on the menu then click “System Administration”. 2. Go to the updates tab. If the system requires updating, click on the update system button. If you are on the latest version, it will say “You have the latest version installed” and the Update System button will be disabled.
Quick Start Guide 3. Click OK when the update is completed. STEP 4: Enter and activate licenses Go to the system administration window and click on the license tab. 2. Enter the license key and click “Activate License”. An Internet connection is required. The license text file will be placed on the desktop and located on a sticker on the top of the server.
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2. Go to the recordings tab. 3. Click to turn on recording. 4. Configure the camera’s schedule settings for quality, FPS and recording type. 5. Click and drag the mouse over the recording schedule to apply the settings to multiple days and times. Click “All”...
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Quick Start Guide 6. A red dot will appear next to the camera in the resource tree once the recording is started. STEP 6: Backup database Go to the system administration window and click on the general tab. 2. Click “Create Backup…”. 3.
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